Minister of Finance and Mass Media Mangala Samaraweera says the October 26 black Friday coup was engineered by opponents due to fears regarding the successful ‘Gamperaliya’ development program launched by the yahapalana government. The Minister made these comments addressing a gathering in Matara recently.
According to the Minister, De facto Finance Minister of the conspiracy government, Mahinda Rajapaksa had put forward a cabinet paper to cancel the development project.
Samaraweera says the government’s opponents were troubled by the massive development program aimed at uplifting the rural economy.
He says Rajapaksa knew he would be defeated in an election if the Gamperaliya program is allowed to continue for over a year and had made comments to that effect adding that therefore Rajapaksa had said the government must be toppled to disrupt it.
The Minister has vowed to present Rs. 300 million each to all electoral seats under the Gamperaliya program and stressed the program will not be stalled due to any reason.
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